I am writing this – dedicated to my close friend in California. He is a long time friend – since I could barely add 2 + 2. That was in middle school and so I decided to go to medical school, write blogs and dabble in quantum physics
Brihad – means vast.
There is another meaning bruh meaning spoken (?)
Aranya -forrest.
Ka was added for a very subtle tantra reason
The vast forrest is the universe or the body or the story of a soul lost in the journey to God
This Upanishads is not meant for everyone. It can only be really understood by a advanced yogi
The word forrest is used for many reasons. Life is a place – quite treacherous with wild beasts ready to devour you and smaller beasts eating you slowly ( worries ) it is easy to be lost in this forrest it is easy to be lost in the wide universe.
For a yogi it has a deeper meaning with the trees representing the nervous and arterial system. One has to be a master at the body before you can go east. The body is both physical and subtle
The initial shloka is:
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
The first paragraph is
aum! uṣā vā aśvasya medhyasya śiraḥ, sῡryas cakṣuḥ, vātaḥ prāṇaḥ, vyāttam agnir vaisvānaraḥ; saṁvatsara ātmāśvasya medhyasya, dyauḥ pṙṣṭham, antarikṣam udaram, pṛthivī pājasyam, diśaḥ pārśve, avāntaradiśaḥ pārśavaḥ, ṛtavóṅgāni, māsās cārdhamāsāś ca parvāṇi, ahorātrāṇi pratiṣṭhāḥ, nakṣatrāny asthīni, nabho māṁsāni; ῡvadhyaṁ sikatāḥ, sindhavo gudāḥ, yakṛc ca klomānaś ca parvatāḥ, oṣadhayaś ca vanaspatayaś ca lomāni, udyan pῡrvārdhaḥ nimlocañ jaghanārdhaḥ, yad vijṛmbhate tad vidyotate, yad
Bhavin